All About Pocket Knives

No offense, but somebody messed up a nice old car.

Charlie Noyes

RalphAlsip wrote:It's wildflower season in the Texas Hill Country. This picture is just North of a town named Fredericksburg, TX. The flowers in the picture are bluebonnets and not a very impressive stand of them. I posted the picture because the landscape with large granite outcrops in this part of Texas reminds me of the Prescott, AZ area. Limestone is the predominant rock found in the Hill Country.

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Jerry, Beautiful place

Larry

jlw257 wrote:

RalphAlsip wrote:It's wildflower season in the Texas Hill Country. This picture is just North of a town named Fredericksburg, TX. The flowers in the picture are bluebonnets and not a very impressive stand of them. I posted the picture because the landscape with large granite outcrops in this part of Texas reminds me of the Prescott, AZ area. Limestone is the predominant rock found in the Hill Country.

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Jerry, Beautiful place

Larry

The Texas Hill Country is indeed beautiful. One of my favorites places is Enchanted Rock, located just a few miles north of Fredricksburg. Enchanted Rock is the second largest batholith in the world. It was given its name by the Comanche Indians who believed it to be haunted and considered it a sacred place. It is also historically famous for Texas Ranger Captain Jack Hays encounter there with a band of Comanche. http://www.texfiles.com/enchantedrockte ... t_five.htm

Ken

Ken, Thank you for the pictures of Enchanted Rock. I had not seen the view of the reflecting pond before.

KOOL pic there Ken.. Neat place!! John

We were in San Antonio in 2009 to see my niece graduate from Air Force basic training. While we were there, we took a little day trip loop up through part of the hill country. If memory serves me (and it often does not) we hit Pipe Creek, Bandera, Kerrville, Fredericksburg and drove through the Natural Bridge Wildlife Park. Very enjoyable day. I liked that area.

Great photos beautiful rugged country. Spring have sprung tulips and knives are in bloom.

These are inside the Henry Ford (Museum) in Detroit, Mich.. This place is AMAZING.. You could spend 2 days here!! John

Fine photos. Great subject matter. Steam locomotives were just being phased out by the Rock Island line [...a mighty fine line..] when I was a toddler.

Y'all know what happens when some one assumes something. So John, straight up, what is that big red thing in the 2nd picture? Being a resident of Florida, I've not encountered one of those if it's what I think it is .
Treefarmer

treefarmer wrote:Y'all know what happens when some one assumes something. So John, straight up, what is that big red thing in the 2nd picture? Being a resident of Florida, I've not encountered one of those if it's what I think it is .
Treefarmer

That is a plow to clear snow from the tracks.. John

Thanks, John. That's what I figured . How did all that work? I see there is a cab on the top side and wondered if the plow has any way to move itself or does all the power come from the engine behind it and was there a crew that rode in the plow ? I see it's built very close to the track to keep snow from building up under it, I assume , . All very interesting when you don't live where it snows!
Treefarmer

Look at YouTube Scott. You can see plows in action!

Found this stump not too far from the waterfall this past Saturday.. John

That's a cool looking stump. Looks like a dead and decayed guy slumped over a pile of sticks.

T.J. that's what I got out of it too. Sick minds think alike??

Might be D. J. Cooper!

I don't know who that is.

jerryd6818 wrote:I don't know who that is.

The guy that high-jacked the airliner and bailed out the back door with 200k. Might have been D. B. Cooper.

jerryd6818 wrote:T.J. that's what I got out of it too. Sick minds think alike??

There's nothing wrong with me...with me...with me................

gsmith7158 wrote:

jerryd6818 wrote:I don't know who that is.

The guy that high-jacked the airliner and bailed out the back door with 200k. Might have been D. B. Cooper.

Now I remember. Long time ago.

tjmurphy wrote: There's nothing wrong with me...with me...with me................

That remains to be seen.

Some Michigan Light Houses.. John

All highly interesting photos. What tremendous character the older cars had. That yellow pedal car is a trip! Something very special about light houses. I have friends who collect models of everyone they can. I have only visited a couple myself.